Nurbanu Sultan
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Nurbanu Sultan, also called Afife Nurbanu Sultan, was the chief consort and possibly legal wife of Ottoman sultan Selim II. As the mother of Murad III, she served as valide sultan from 1574 until her
Nurbanu's burial, one of 95 miniatures in Seyyid Lokman's Shahanshahnama, 1592 (TSM B200)
The Sultan Validé (Nurbanu Sultan) by Nicolas de Nicolay
Atik Valide Mosque constructed by Nurbanu Sultan
Entrance to Çemberlitaş Hamam, constructed on the orders of Nurbanu Sultan
Selim II
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Selim II, also known as Selim the Blond or Selim the Drunkard, was the Sultan of the Ottoman Empire from 1566 until his death in 1574.
Nurbanu Sultan
…Turkish: نور بانو سلطان; c. 1525 – 7 December 1583), also called Afife Nurbanu Sultan, was the chief consort and possibly legal wife of Ottoman sultan Selim II. As the mother of Murad III, she served as valide sultan from 1574 until her death in 1583. She was one of the most prominent figures during the Sultanate…
Portrait of Sultan Selim II, produced in the workshop of Paolo Veronese, late 16th century.
Equestrian portrait of Prince Selim riding between Kotahia and Belgrade to rejoin the Imperial Army in early 1566 Siege of Szigetvár. His father would die, and Prince Selim would become "Sultan Selim II" later that year. Nüzhet (TSMK H.1339, 1569).
Sultan Selim writing a letter in 1566. Nüzhet (1568–69).
Selim ascends the throne. Nüzhet-i Esrâr (1568–69)